Do you like your American muscle cars as Detroit intended, or fiddled with, pumped up, and bad-assed? If you’re one of the latter, this Ford Mustang could be right up your street. If not, you might want to grab a stress ball or do some breathing exercises. Sit this one out.

Hands up, I lied: this isn’t a Ford Mustang. Not any more, anyway. Although this bears the perfectly proportioned bodyshell of a 1968 Fastback ‘Stang, this is the ridiculously named Equus Bass 770.

Let’s tear that apart. Equus? Isn’t that a stage play that Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe got his kit off for? Or Hyundai’s idea of an S-class rival? Either way, it hardly screams attitude. What does do just that is ‘Bass‘, written large across the car’s ****. Not Boss. Bass. And the 770? You tell us.

No, I mean it. The engine isn’t a 770-cubic inch, or a 7.7-litre. It’s actually the 6.2-litre, supercharged V8 from a C6 Corvette ZR1, good for 631bhp and 605lb ft. Plenty of power, as you’ll soon see, but why not badge the Bass as a 620, perhaps?